I’ve been determined to finally beat Zelda II and determine that I would do it without save states and without a guide.
I know Zelda II is considered a black sheep somewhat but I really think in some ways it’s more fun than the original although I’d still pick Zelda 1 over II.
I only ever saw the ending to this on a real NES because it was on a demo machine at Toys R Us (never owned it myself) and someone had a save right at the final dungeon. All I had to do was beat 1 dungeon and I won the game! 😋
Damn... I made myself sad because that's not an experience you can have anymore. You can't go rent a game and have someone else's save to mess with. Shit, can you even rent a game period? 🤔😥
There are game subscription services like Nintendo's emulator, which is kinda the same thing except you're renting many games at once.